My resignation from Guernica
In the March issue of Guernica, I published “From the Edges of a Broken World,” a personal essay by Joanna Chen. Many critics have…
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My Piece in Best American Travel Writing
“To the Doctor in Bujumbura’s Quarantine Hotel,” originally published by Off Assignment‘s Letter to a Stranger I see you up close. You stand in…
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Inside Sudan’s Tech Resistance
It’s hard to overstate the incongruity — the absurdity, even — of arguing the finer points of contract law in the wake of a…
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What Africa Can Teach the West about Fighting Coronavirus
In interrogating at Africa’s low coronavirus caseload the impulse among Western observers has been to identify what makes these countries like each other but…
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Betraying Justice for Rwanda’s Genocide Survivors
More than 20 years after an international criminal court’s landmark convictions of Rwandan genocidaires, the court is beginning to parole the masterminds of genocide.
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Faces you don’t forget
There are so many of them. Today, this one, for no grand editorial reason. I think about this little girl a lot. I met…
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Just Sayin’
No story, really. I just loved this little moment.
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Burundi Votes
In May, Burundians voted to change their constitution. Social media was full of strident voices on both sides, but here’s what ordinary Burundians, both…
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In Kenya, Victims of Political Violence Want More Than a Handshake
“The president courageous enough to tell the police they did good work killing ‘thugs.’ He needs to come back here and ask our forgiveness.”
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Who Decides When Survivors Can Tell Their Own Stories?
A UN court tried to stop three Rwandan rape survivors from telling their stories in their own words. When is protection paternalism?
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